Analysis: 79 percent of Mannheim students fail annual tests

Academic results data released recently reveals 21 percent of Mannheim Middle School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a West Cook News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The end-of-year tests known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, are administered to third- through eighth-graders in Illinois, testing them in reading and math based on Common Core standards. A composite score combines the results of the subject tests.

Composite scores for Mannheim Middle School show about 19 percent met expectations and 2 percent exceeded them. Students whose results are in either category passed the tests and are considered prepared for the next grade level, college or work.

Another 32 percent approached expectations, 30 percent partially met expectations and 17 percent did not meet expectations. Students who scored in these categories are not ready for the next level of schooling, according to the test.

Test results at Mannheim Middle School, which enrolled 884 students in 2017, fell below state averages.

Statewide, 34 percent of students passed the test and 66 percent failed.

Of students statewide who passed, only five percent 'exceeded' expectations.

Mannheim Middle School's scores over 3 years

Year

Passed

Failed

2017

21.4%

78.6%

2016

18.2%

81.8%

2015

19.3%

80.7%

How County schools' scores compare

School

City

County

Passed

Failed

McClure Junior High School

Western Springs

Cook

74.7%

25.3%

Park Junior High School

La Grange Park

Cook

67.7%

32.3%

L. J. Hauser Junior High School

Riverside

Cook

53.8%

46.2%

Wm F. Gurrie Middle School

La Grange

Cook

47.5%

52.5%

Percy Julian Middle School

Oak Park

Cook

43.2%

56.8%

S. E. Gross Middle School

Brookfield

Cook

40.6%

59.4%

Hester Junior High School

Franklin Park

Cook

40.3%

59.7%

Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School

Oak Park

Cook

38.3%

61.7%

Lincoln Middle School

Schiller Park

Cook

37.9%

62.1%

Lincoln Middle School

Berwyn

Cook

37.7%

62.3%

Elm Middle School

Elmwood Park

Cook

35%

65.0%

Heritage Middle School

Berwyn

Cook

29.4%

70.6%

Westchester Middle School

Westchester

Cook

27.1%

72.9%

Macarthur Middle School

Berkeley

Cook

24.1%

75.9%

Washington Middle School

Lyons

Cook

22.8%

77.2%

Mannheim Middle School

Melrose Park

Cook

21.4%

78.6%

Northlake Middle School

Northlake

Cook

19.9%

80.1%

Forest Park Middle School

Forest Park

Cook

18.8%

81.2%

Stevenson Middle School

Melrose Park

Cook

17.9%

82.1%

Unity Junior High School

Cicero

Cook

14.9%

85.1%

Freedom Middle School

Berwyn

Cook

13.3%

86.7%

Roosevelt Middle School

Bellwood

Cook

10.9%

89.1%

Irving Middle School

Maywood

Cook

6.2%

93.8%

Top 20 Illinois schools' scores

School

City

County

Passed

Failed

Daniel Wright Junior High School

Lincolnshire

Lake

81.7%

18.3%

Wood Oaks Junior High School

Northbrook

Cook

80.1%

19.9%

Butler Junior High School

Oak Brook

Dupage

79.9%

20.1%

Marie Murphy School

Wilmette

Cook

79.3%

20.7%

Hickory Creek Middle School

Frankfort

Will

79%

21.0%

Kennedy Junior High School

Lisle

Dupage

77.5%

22.5%

Maple School

Northbrook

Cook

76.6%

23.4%

Alan B. Shepard Middle School

Deerfield

Lake

75.3%

24.7%

McClure Junior High School

Western Springs

Cook

74.7%

25.3%

Twin Groves Middle School

Buffalo Grove

Lake

73.7%

26.3%

Carleton W. Washburne School

Winnetka

Cook

73.3%

26.7%

Lake Bluff Middle School

Lake Bluff

Lake

73%

27.0%

Woodlawn Middle School

Long Grove

Lake

72.5%

27.5%

Charles J. Caruso Middle School

Deerfield

Lake

72%

28.0%

Deer Path Middle School West

Lake Forest

Lake

71.9%

28.1%

Clarendon Hills Middle School

Clarendon Hills

Dupage

68%

32.0%

Park Junior High School

La Grange Park

Cook

67.7%

32.3%

Wilmette Junior High School

Wilmette

Cook

67.5%

32.5%

Hinsdale Middle School

Hinsdale

Dupage

67.2%

32.8%

Gordon Gregory Middle School

Naperville

Dupage

66.8%

33.2%

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